A weekend storm brought tornadoes that killed at least five people in the US South, officials say
Debris seen in the aftermath of a tornado in Franklin, Texas, the US, in this image from social media dated April 13 2019 . Picture: REUTERS/CHUCK BATTEN
"It's halfway through the eastern states now. By daybreak it'll be cutting through New York City, eastern Virginia and into Boston by 7am or 8am," he said. More than 134,000 homes and businesses were without power early Monday in Virginia and Pennsylvania, according to the tracking site PowerOutage.US, with thousands more outages reported in North Carolina, Michigan, Maryland and New York.
Nearly 2,300 US flights were canceled by Sunday evening, more then 90% of them at airports in Chicago; Houston, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; Pittsburgh; Columbus, Ohio and a dozen major airports on the Eastern Seaboard, according to FlightAware.com.The storm's cold front brought snow to Chicago on Sunday, with 2.5cm-7.6cm reported in central Illinois.
In another storm death nearby, an unidentified victim's body was trapped in a vehicle submerged in floodwaters in Calhoun, Louisiana, Springfield said.
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